Car side.



780,661} v I PATENTED JAN. 24, 1905. F. s. INGOLDSBY. V

UAR SIDE.

APPLICATION FILED DBO. 10, 1903.

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forms of truss construction.

UNITED STATES Patented January 24, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK S. INGOLDSBY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR TO THE INGOLDSBY AUTOMATIC OAR COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF' WEST VIRGINIA.

CAR SIDE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 780,661, dated January 24, 1905.

Application filed December 10, 1903- Serial No. 184.636.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK S. INGOLDSBY, a citizen of the United States, residing at, St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Car Sides, of which the following is a full, clear,

the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to car sides, andhas for its object to dispense with the use of truss rods below the same as well as with the employment with such sides of cumbersome The invention may be defined as consisting generally of the combinations of elements embodied in the claims hereto annexed.

. Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 represents a sideelevation of a portion of a car having my invention applied thereto. Fig. Q-represents a transverse section of a part of said car, such section being taken on the line the center of the car being omitted for clearness' of illustration. Figs. 3, 4. and 5 represent details showing a modification of the manner of securing the tie-rod to the central porelgvation of the end of the top member of the s1 e.

Describing the parts by letters, A represents the side of the car, said side being constructed of planking a, bolted or otherwise securely fastened to the vertical posts a, said posts extending between the upper and lower members a (0 The lower end sill and the upper cross-cap are designated by the letters a a, respectively. Extending between said sill a and cap a is the corner-poster. A heavy vertical post (0 extends from the bolster a to the cross-cap a The planks a may be tongued and grooved or provided with ship-lap edges, as shown in Fig. 2, to prevent the loss of fine material therebetween.

The car, as shown in Fig. 2, may be provided with a central beam B and doors O, pivoted to said beam, as is usual indump-cars of the Ingoldsby type. So far as my invenber a to the lower central portion of each side is at-ie-rod E, the posts intermediate of the ends of the side being provided with openings for the passage of said rod, which may lie against the inside faces of the planks a. The

lower central portion or bend of this tie-rod is connected to the central cross-beam D by means of a bolt F. The connection between said rod and said beam may be effected by forming the upper end of the bolt into a hook and placing the same over the central portion of the tie-rod, as shown in Fig. 5. I prefer,

however, to make the tie-rod in two parts,

each screwing into a tapped member 6, as shown in Fig. 1. In this case the bolt F passes'through a hole in said tapped member; In all of the modifications the bolt is provided on the under side of the beam D with I I a nut and washer,-by means of which the tension of the tie-rod may be adjusted and the car side may be given whatever camber is desirable.

As a simple manner of obtaining proper bearings for the upper ends of the tie-rods E and G, I apply a bent, metal plate H to the end of the member aisaid plate having angular bearings for the ends of the tie-rods E and G. In Fig. 1 the top of the member (6 is recessed to accommodate the angular portion of the plate H, resting thereon. As a modification of this, however, I may construct the bent plate in the manner shown in tween the portion 7t and the body of the plate, will serve to reinforce the portion It and pre-,

vent the same from being distorted when either of the nuts on the ends of G are set up.

I may, as shown in Fig. 3, when making the tie-rod E of two parts connect the lower ends of the same by means of a turnbuckle e, employing with such turnbuckle a bolt F, having a hook at the upper end engaging said turnbuckle.

In Fig. ll have shown anothermodification of the manner of connecting the ends of the tie-rod E, employing with such ends a threaded member similar to that shown in Fig. 1, the

bolt F employed with such member being provided with a hook engaging the upper surface of the same, as is the case with the modifications shown in Figs. 3 and 5.

By the construction above described I am able to construct a car side which shall be light and strong, which does away with the necessity of employing therewith a heavy truss construction, and am able at the same time to obtain in the simplest possible manner, as by tightening the nut at the center of the car or the nuts 0 at the ends of the tierod E, whatever camber I may desire the side to have.

What I claim as my invention is 1. In combination with the side of a car, a tie-rod extending from each upper end of said side and operatively connected to the lower central portion thereof, and means for adjusting the tension of said rod, substantially as described.

2. In combination with the side of a car, a tie-rod extending from each upper end portion of the side to the lower central portion thereof, and means extending below said side for adjusting the tension of said rod, substantially as described.

3. In combination with the side of a car, a tie-rod extending from each upper end of said side to the lower central portion thereof, a beam extending across the car below the longitudinal center thereof, said tie-rod being connected with said beam, substantially as described.

4. In combination with the side of a car, a central beam extending across the bottom of the car, a tie-rod extending from the upper end of the car side to the lower central portion thereof, and means extending through said cross-beam for adjusting the tension of said rod, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a side of a car, of a beam extending across the car below said side, of a tie-rod extending from each upper end of said side to a point directly above said beam, and means for securing said tie-rod to said beam, substantially as described.

6. In combination with the side of a car, a beam extending across said car below the side, a tie-rod extending from each upper corner of the side to a point above the beam, means for connecting said tie-rod with said beam, and means for adjusting the tension of said rod ends of said upper and lower members, and a tie-rod extending from each end of the upper member to the lower central portion of the side and there suitably secured, substantially as described.

8. A car side having in combination upper and lower members, a cross-cap, a bolster, a post extending from said bolster to said crosscap, a tie-rod connecting the ends of said upper and lower members, and a tie-rod extending from each end of the upper member to the lower central portion of the side and there suitably secured, substantially as described.

9. A car side having in combination upper and lower members, inclined corner posts connecting the end portions of said members, a tie-rod extending through each of said corner-posts and through said members, and an additional tie-rod extending from the end portions of the upper member to the lower central portion of the side and there suitably secured, substantially as described.

10. In combination with the side of a car, a beam extending across the bottom of said car below said side, a tie-rod extending from each upper end of said side to the central portion thereof above said beam, said tie-rod comprising threaded portions connected above said beam by a tapped member, and a bolt engaging said member and extending through the beam, substantially as described.

11. In combination with the side of a car, a beam extending across the central portion of the car below the side, a tie-rod extending from the upper end portion of the side to the lower central portion thereof, said tie-rod consisting of two threaded portions connected above said beam by a tapped member, and a bolt extending through said tapped member and the central beam, and means for adjusting the tension of said tie-rod, substantially as described.

12. In combination with the side of a car, a central beam extending across said car below the side, a tie-rod extending from the upper ends of the side to the central portion thereof, said tie-rod comprising two threaded portions and a tapped member above said beam connecting said threaded portions, a bolt extending through said tapped member and through said beam, and means on said bolt for adjusting the tension of the rod, substantially as described.

13. In combination with the side of a car, upper and lower members, a tie-rod connecting the ends of the members and an additional tie-rod extending from each end of the upper member to the center of the car side, and a bearing-plate on the end of the upper member, said bearing-plate being provided with angular bearing-surfaces to receive nuts on the ends of the said tie-rods, substantially as described.

14. 'In combination with the side of a car, upper and lower members, a tie-rod extending between the ends of said members and an additional tie-rod extending from the-upper member to the central portion of the side, and a bearing-plate for the end-of the upper member, said bearing-plate being provided with bearing-surfaces for the nuts on the tie-rods, one of said bearing-surfaces being formed by bending the plate at right angles to the direction of the tie-rod and then back against the plate to form a brace substantially as described.

15. In combination with the side of a car, upper and lower members, a tie-rod extending through the ends of both of said members and having a threaded end, and a bearingplate on the upper one of said members through which the tie-rod extends, said platehaving a bearing-surface thereon for the tierod nut formed by bending the plate at right angles to the direction of the tie-rod and then downward between such angular portion and the body of the plate to form a brace for said portion, substantially as described.

16. In a car side, the combination of upper and lower members, inclined corner-posts connecting said members, and a tie-rod extending I ing beneath the said lower member at the center thereof, and a tie-rod extending from the junction of each of said corner-posts and the upper member to the longitudinal central portion of the lower member and there connected to said cross-beam, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of tWo witnesses. FRANK S. INGOLDSBY. Witnesses: I

CHAS. H. MEYER, JOSEPH R. BOWLING. 

